Attended the New Year's Day Punchline Comedy Club Gameshow and was totally disgusted. There were about 6-7 comedians who performed throughout the evening interspersed with an audience contest about the show. Laughs were rare, except by the two women who'd imbibed before the show and fulfilled their two-drink minimum quickly upon being seated early for the show. Oh, and the woman who eventually won the contest was very amusing! You could see the "comedians" (and I use the word loosely) struggling with the unresponsive audience, making excuses and changing topics as the regimented gameshow script allowed. The overwhelming overuse of obscene sexually-related material didn't seem to deliver the shock-value laughs they were expecting. Of course, my opinion is always that it takes so much more talent to do a clean show than one laced with filthy language and sex jokes! And the racist remarks and innuendos! Ugh! These weren't very talented folks if our reaction was an indication, even though several had performed on late night talk shows and one even had his own cable comedy show. Thank God, I don't have cable! Anyway, won't make this mistake again and advise others to get their laughs elsewhere too.
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